Book List

2011

2. Possession – A.S. Byatt

1. What I Talk About when I Talk About Running – Haruki Murakami

2010

46. The Oxford History of South Africa, Part 2 – Monica Wilson & Leonard Thompson (Ed.)

45. A Rustle in the Grass – Robin Hawdon

44. Through the Language Glass – Guy Deutscher

43. A See-through Suitcase – Deborah Steinmair

42. The Unfolding of Language – Guy Deutscher

41. Towers of Midnight - Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson

40. The Toxic Mix – Graeme Bloch

39. Long Way Down - Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman

38. Long Way Round – Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman

37. The Carpet People – Terry Pratchett

36. Pidgin & Creole Languages – Suzanne Romaine

35. The Age of Reason – Jean-Paul Sartre

34. Fallen Angels – Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle & Michael Flynn

33. The Story of an African Farm – Olive Schreiner

32. Mhudi – Sol T. Plaatje

31. The Coral Thief – Rebecca Stott

30. Rant – Chuck Palahniuk

29. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – Jules Verne

28. The City & The City – China Miéville

27. Gulliver’s Travels – Jonathan Swift

26. The Admirable Crichton – J. M. Barrie

25. The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood

24. Tribe – Bruce Parry

23. Songs of a Distant Earth – Arthur C. Clarke

22. Gentlemen of the Road – Michael Chabon

21. Brave New World – Aldous Huxley

20. The Bridge Across Forever – Richard Bach

19. Chronicle of a Death Foretold – Gabriel García Márquez

18. ‘n Ander Tongval – Antjie Krog

17. Begging to Be Black – Antjie Krog

16. Country of My Skull – Antjie Krog

15. Empire of Ivory – Naomi Novik

14. The Affinity Bridge – George Mann

13. The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy

12. The Oxford History of South Africa, Part 1 – Monica Wilson & Leonard Thompson (Ed.)

11. Counterfeit Gods – Timothy Keller

10. The Castaways – Sheila Fugard

9. Tales from Nowhere – Don George (Ed.)

8. The Gathering Storm – Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson

7. Holism and Evolution – Jan C. Smuts

6. Thula-thula – Annelie Botes

5. The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest – Stieg Larsson

4. The Girl who Played with Fire – Stieg Larsson

3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson

2. How Languages are Learned – Patsy M. Lightbrown & Nina Spada

1. Mister God, this is Anna – Fynn

2009 (Starting from July)

31. The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde

30. Fees van die Ongenooides – P. G. du Plessis

29. The Boer War Diary of Sol T. Plaatje – Sol T. Plaatje

28. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen

27. Op Soek na Generaal Mannetjies Mentz – Christoffel Coetzee

26. Youth – J. M. Coetzee

25. Unseen Academicals – Terry Pratchett

24. Sweet Dreams – Craig Sams & Josephine Fairly

23. Grimus – Salman Rushdie

22. Kidnapped – Robert Louis Stevenson

21. Cry, the Beloved Country – Alan Paton

20. Staan in die Algemeen Nader Aan Vensters – Loftus Marais

19. The Language Instinct – Steven Pinker

18. The Diving-Bell & the Butterfly – Jean-Dominique Bauby

17. Blood on the Path – Harvey Tyson

16. Utopia – Sir Thomas More

15. ‘n Droë Wit Seisoen – André P. Brink

14. The Book Thief – Markus Zusak

13. The Penelopiad – Margarent Atwood

12. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency – Alexander McCall Smith

11. Asbesmiddag – Etienne van Heerden

10. I am Legend – Richard Matheson

9. Meanwhile don’t Push and Squeeze – Robert Berold

8. A Kestrel for a Knave – Barry Hines

7. Orcs – Stan Nichols

6. Blind Faith – Ben Elton

5. Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand

4. Periandros van Korinthe – D. J. Opperman

3. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? – Philip K. Dick

2. The Girl with the Glass Feet – Ali Shaw

1. Gödel, Escher Bach – Douglas R. Hofstadter

* Disclaimer:  I am including plays that I have read, as well as poetry anthologies, on this list.